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Remediation/Construction

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Client: Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp.
(ALS) 356 Landfill

MAX provided landfill capping and other services on ALS’s residual waste landfill. The project involved constructing an installation cap on nine acres, including grading, geo-synthetic placement and soil cap with seed.  MAX has also worked with ALS to grade the landfill for increasing disposal space during the multi-phase closure and capping project. 

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Client: Tecumseh Redevelopment, Rider Landfill 

MAX provided a RCRA cap over a 10-acre parcel in a formerly closed landfill.  MAX used care when removing the previous soil cap and then granted permission to re-use the soil in the final cap construction.   MAX placed geo-synthetics over the landfill after bringing the waste to grade. MAX then hauled the cover soils, allowing for the final closure.

Work was completed in two months during 2005. 

Sunbury, Pennsylvania

Client: Newell Rubbermaid

MAX worked with the client's consultant to achieve a PA release from liability designation for this former manufacturing facility. MAX's personnel excavated contaminated soil from an area where a process tank was located. The soil was non-hazardous and was shipped to MAX's Yukon Facility for disposal. MAX then backfilled the excavation site and installed an asphalt parking area.

Washington, DC Area

Client: U.S. Government

As a sub-contractor at a U.S. military complex, MAX excavated and disposed of lead- contaminated soil from an “impact berm” adjacent to firing ranges. To ensure no disruption of military training activities at the site, MAX performed the excavation work at night

The work occurred over several weeks, with MAX removing more than 4,000 tons of lead-contaminated soil.  MAX then reconstructed the berms for future use.

Reading, Pennsylvania

Client: Exide Slag Crushing

During the smelting process, Exide generates a lead slag.  This RCRA-permitted wasted is crushed prior to treatment.  During Exide’s construction of a new crushing building, the company contracted with MAX to crush the slag it generated. 

Over a four-month period, MAX crushed more than 10,000 tons of slag at Exide’s site.  The slag was then shipped to MAX’s Yukon Facility for treatment and disposal, where  MAX used its 40-hour OSHA trained personnel to manage the handling of this hazardous waste. 

Due to the nature of the work, MAX conducted lead monitoring of employees throughout the project.

Pittsburgh (Oakland), Pennsylvania

Client: Phipps Conservatory

MAX was contracted by the Pittsburgh Parks and Recreation Department to excavate lead-impacted soil from the expansion project at the Phipps Conservatory. The work was conducted during two phases as the former greenhouses area. MAX personnel excavated and loaded over 2500 tons of soil.

Yukon, Pennsylvania

Client: MAX Environmental, Closure #5

Under a consent agreement with Pennsylvania, MAX's construction group capped a 14-acre impoundment at the Yukon site. The site was capped in two phases during 1999 and 2002. A 40-mil geosynthetic liner was installed over the entire site and the design meets the RCRA landfill cap standards. The project was completed one year early.

Bulger, Pennsylvania

Client: MAX Environmental, Closure #2

Since 1999, MAX has been accepting material to cap and close this former hazardous waste impoundment. In 2002, MAX placed a RCRA cap over a 7-acre portion of the site. The final cap will be installed over the remaining 8 acres by the end of 2006. MAX used its in house construction group for the capping and closure of this impoundment. The program was so successful that the PADEP granted MAX permission to use the same closure program for the non-RCRA impoundment at the site.